BACK TO SCHOOL

The long summer holidays are drawing to an end. We hope you have all had a wonderful break and are excited to return to school!We reopen on Wednesday 28th August at 9am for all children.

Information from Tulsa regarding Childcare

Please be advised that on the 18th February 2019, the Child Care Act 1991 (Early Years Services) (Registration of School Age Services) Regulations 2018 came into effect.

Services that provide after school childcare must now register with Tusla. School-age childcare services have not, to date, been subject to registration, so this is a significant step forward in ensuring quality school-age childcare. Childminders may be exempt from registration depending on the numbers of children they are minding.

Sports Day 2019

Tipp Abú...

Well done to all who participated in yesterday's Primary Game and their coaches, especially our own Tristan Kelly. Fantastic to see so many promising hurlers on display.

Graduation Class 2019...

Well done to out Graduation Class 2019 for all their fantastic contributions to our school. We wish them all the best in the future.

School Tour 2019...

We had a fantastic day In Mary Immaculate College for our school tour. Children from infants to 6th class enjoyed a fun-filled day of activities and games. Also, we were delighted to contribute some of our tour fee to Crumlin Children's Hospital.

Hurling Finals...

Reminder that our Hurling Finals will take place tomorrow Thursday 6th June starting at 10.30am. All are welcome to attend.

Primary Game Hurling...

Congratulations to our 6th class pupil Tristan Kelly who has been selected to represent Tipperary in the Primary Game vs. Limerick on the 16th June in Semple Stadium. We are all very proud of this fantastic achievement. Enjoy the day!

Basketball blitz in Ballinree...​

School Excellence in Maths Awards

We had a fantastic day in WIT yesterday where we received our School Excellence in Maths Award. Well done to all the children and their teachers who worked hard to make Maths so fun, active and enjoyable in order to gain this award. Thanks to the Kilkenny Education Centre and WIT for a fun filled day which the children enjoyed immensely.

Balance bikes...

Our pre-schoolers had weeks of fun on the balance bikes from Tipperary Sports Partnership. There’s no stopping them now!

Tug of War...

Thanks to Tug of War Ireland for visiting us last Friday. The children had super fun and we were ecstatic to receive our new tug of war rope just in time for our Sport’s Day.

Summer is here...

Heritage Ireland visit...

Sean O’ Farrell from Heritage in Schools visited our school today to teach us about the unique wildlife and plants that can be found in our locality. The children thoroughly enjoyed the day, with so much hands-on activities, allowing them to experience nature up close and personal.

Easter Raffle...

A huge thanks to all who contributed to our Easter Raffle and well done all of our lucky winners. Happy Easter to all!

Friendship week...

This week in school we celebrated Friendship Week. All classes focused on how we can be better classmates and friends. We also raised money for Amnesty International by selling friendship bracelets. Thanks to all who contributed.

Cooking in pre-school...

Our pre-schoolers had great fun recently as they cooked pasta and garlic bread in class.

Our creative Junior and Senior Infants...

Some of the fantastic work that our infant class have been doing in the past few weeks. As part of engineering week, the children designed ways to release Rapunzel from her tower. Also pictured are some work samples from Aistear, where the children created garden centers in their groups.

Boy’s FAI SPAR 5-a-side...

Well done to our boys who took part in the FAI SPAR 5-a-side competition. A special congratulations to our team who made it through to the County Finals. Well done boys keep up the good work!

Our Pre-Schoolers hard at work...

Our 3rd and 4th class pupils thoroughly enjoyed the visit of Michael Keogh to our school. It was an honour to host Michael, who contrasted our current school with his school days in Rahealty. Michael is pictured below with his 3 grandchildren Patrick, Grace and Lucy.

Girl’s FAI SPAR 5-a-side

Rugby Finals 2019

Well done to all the boys and girls who participated in our recent Rugby Finals. We were treated to two fantastic games with only a single score separating the teams in both games. Thank you to all who supported the event, especially Centenary Co-Op for their continued support.

Odd socks for World Down Syndrome Day

Online Safety

We would encourage parents to be extra vigilant with their children's online activity, as Gardaí have recently released warnings of apps/advertisements that may encourage negative behaviour in children. We would urge parents to be especially wary of YouTube and other platforms that children may use frequently.

Healthy Living Week

Well done to everyone for making such a fantastic effort this week for Healthy Living Week. It was great to see so many healthy lunch choices and also children exercising so much. Some small goals we can set ourselves to live healthily are:>Aim to get your 5-A-Day>Drink plenty of water daily (8 glasses recommended)>Get at least 1 hour of exercise every day>Try to implement the food pyramid in your dietSample some exercises from Super Troopers for the remainder of the week and remember to keep track of your food diaries. Best of luck!

Wednesday circuit...

Monday circuit…

Our healthy homework for Monday:Try this 4 exercise circuit this evening and aim to complete 3-5 sets of the circuit. Well done to all for their efforts last night and today in school.>30 secs burpees>30 secs plank>30 secs mountain climbers >30 secs jogging on the spot​Best of luck!

Open Day Reminder

Sunday Circuit...

The upload of our Sunday exercise video is proving a little unsuccessful at this moment, but hopefully it will be uploaded as soon as possible. The format of the video file is not compatible at this moment. However, I hope that you can all try our small circuit this evening. Tonight's circuit consists of 4 exercises, each to be done for 30 seconds each with a 10 second break in between exercises. Try to complete 3-5 sets of the circuit.>30 secs Jumping Jacks>30 secs High Knees>30 secs Lunges>30 secs High Punches​Best of luck!

Spring has sprung in our infant classroom…

Safe travels to our Spanish pupils Isaac, Candelaria and Alejandra. It was a pleasure to have you in our school for the past few weeks. Adios amigos!

The Food Pyramid

Try and eat according to the food pyramid as much as possible. ​Credit: www.safefood.ie

How much sugar?

Take a look at this PowerPoint presentation that our 6th class pupil's delivered to the school, detailing the amount of sugar content in popular breakfast choices.

Active mornings…

All children taking part in our active break time. It is fantastic to see everyone out exercising. Well done to our Active School Committee for continuing to push their classmates. #HaveFun #BeActive

What’s for breakfast?

Today, we surveyed breakfast choices in our school. This was an open ended survey to include the most accurate responses. Overall, the results are very encouraging throughout the school. We will use the results to investigate the sugar content of our most popular choices. Our main piece of advice from today would be to stress the importance of eating a breakfast every morning. After a long night’s sleep, our bodies are in need of food to fuel us for the day, which allows to perform at our best in all areas.

Internet Safety

Last Tuesday marked Internet Safety Day. In school, children watched videos showing how they can be more vigilant and responsible online. In 5th and 6th we created a poster to remind us of some key messages online, along with including some safer search engines and browsers. Information for children, parents and teachers is available at www.webwise.ie.

https://www.webwise.ie/

Our colourful 3rd and 4th class art wall…

3rd and 4th class Clean Ireland Recycling projects…

Healthy Living Week…

Our school will be having a Healthy Living Week from the 18th-20th February. Stay tuned to the website to see some exciting activities that are taking part at school and at home. Our slogan is “Healthy eating is the vibe, now let’s do some exercise.”

The Water Cycle: Explanation Texts

Mr. Harty’s class’ fantastic representation of the water cycle as part of our explanation writing term. Some super visual imagery and written explanations also. Keep up the good work!

Our Titanic newpapers…

When studying the Titanic, our 5th and 6th class examined The Cork Examiner from April 15th, 1912. We were inspired to create our very own newspaper reports and columns as a result. Stay tuned for our contrasting modern day newspapers in the coming weeks.

People who changed the world…

While we were studying Mahatma Gandhi in history, we decided to investigate some other people who influenced great change in the world. Here are our groups with their mini projects.

Caution....eruptions imminent!

Check out some of the amazing volcanoes our children created. We incorporated this with our study of procedures and explanation texts. We look forward to erupting our volcanoes this week.

Hurling and rugby training…

Hurling and rugby training are back in full flow. After school hurling takes place every Wednesday, while class training continues every Friday. Rugby training will take place every Thursday for 1st to 6th class. We encourage all children available to get involved.

Active Schools…

Our active school breaks have restarted. It is great to see all children running and being active. We encourage all children to continue this excellent work at home as the evenings become longer. #HaveFun #BeActive

5th and 6th working in their problem solving groups…

Pottery has recommenced with Finn!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Debating

We are so proud of our 6th class debaters who represented Rahealty NS in the Kilkenny Education Centre Primary School Debating Competition. Unfortunately we lost out narrowly to Gowran NS, but the team can be proud of their excellent preparation, teamwork and performances on the day.

Science Week in 1st and 2nd class

We made volcanoes and created an eruption with baking soda and vinegar.We tested if yeast is alive and does it use energy i.e blow up the balloon on the bottle.We examined liquid layers and checked what floats and sinks in the different liquids.We examined floating and sinking with our liquid layers and also an orange in water peeled and unpeeled, as well as floating raisins and how the bubbles attach to the raisins causing them to rise and subsequently sink again when they pop.

​Team Hope Shoebox Appeal

Team Hope give your Christmas Shoebox gifts right into the hands of some of the world’s most vulnerable children – many of whom will receive no other gift this Christmas. For some it’s the first gift they’ve ever received.Many thanks to all the families in Rahealty who went to huge rounds with their shoeboxes this year. We collected 63 in total.To find out more about Team Hope and to see where your shoebox went last year click on the link below:

Student Awards 5th ~ 9th November 2018

Attendance Awards

A huge well done to all the students pictured below who have received awards for full attendance since we returned to school.

Student Awards October 2018

Athlete of the Term ~ Martina Creedon

Happy Hallowe'en from 5th & 6th

A special thanks to all parents and pupil's who contributed to our Hallowe'en Bake Sale. Your continued support is much appreciated.

Our Very Scary Junior and Senior Infants!

Fancy Dress in Third and Fourth Class

Pumpkin Carving in Sixth Class

School Closure

Due to the school being used as a polling station for thePresidential Election, there will be no school on Friday 26th October 2018.We will close for our mid-term break on Thursday 25th October (normal school hours apply). Have a safe, happy and well-deserved break everyone and we will see you all back on Monday 5th November

Some great inphographs from www.safefood.eu

We are delighted to inform you all that we have been chosen as Scoilnet's Star Site. We were informed that we have a great website and that it is a super point of contact between the school and the wider community. Click on the link above to find out what else they had to say!

Halloween Preparations with Mr Harty and his class

Futsal Tournament

Cross Country 2018

Our NewJuniorInfants

A big welcome to all our new boys and girls who started school with us this year. We are very excited to have such a lovely bunch join our school and we know we're going to have lots of fun learning together this year!

Water Safety

At this time of year, with the arrival of warmer weather it is a most opportune time to highlight the dangers of playing in water and the risks that various activities pose.It is imperative that your child understands the risks involved when playing near water. As our partners in education and with the safety of your child paramount, we ask you to take a look at the water safety messages on www.iws.ie and to have a discussion with your child about the topics presented.

Sports Day ~ 21st June

Future Tipp Hurlers!

Here we have our Junior and Senior Infants pictured at a recent blitz in Leugh. The first of many hurling matches! A great day was had by all!

RAHEALTY N.S FUN RUN 2018

Come along on June 10th, the more the merrier!

Drumming with Niall.

All the children adored the Wassa Wassa workshop today. They got to play African hand carved drums while learning up-beat rhythms and songs. A huge thank you to Niall who travelled from Celbridge and to Mr Collins for organising this terrific workshop. A great end to our Arts Week 2018.

Many thanks to Ms Kennedy for baking delicious chocolate chip muffins with us!

As part of our Arts Week we had the pleasure of attending dance classes with the very talented Rosalie Butler...

Other activities include drumming, mindfulness with Ms Maher, baking chocolate chip muffins with Ms Kennedy and gardening with Ms Kelly-Ryan. Stay tuned for more pictures!

Rahealty N.S School Tour 2018

We throughly enjoyed our School Tour this year which was full of adventure and fun. Our first stop was Cobh. Titanic Experience Cobh is a visitor centre located in the original White Star Line Ticket Office in the centre of Cobh town (formally known as Queenstown), in what was the departure point for the final 123 passengers who boarded the Titanic. After we discovered the fate of the 123 Queenstown passengers we headed for the outdoors, to Fota Wildlife Park.​Here each group was given a guided tour of the park and taken through basic terms such as Feeding Behaviours, Habitats and Threats. We ended the tour by spending time in the Woodland areas playing games and examining insects through the use of pooters.Of course no School Tour is complete without a trip to Mc Donalds!Many thanks to the Parent's Council for subsidising the cost of the tour. It was greatly enjoyed by all!

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​Travel Green Flag​

We collected our fourth Green Flag on 23rd of May in Hotel Kilkenny. We can't wait to get started on our fifth flag - Biodiversity.

Rugby Finals 2018

Best of luck to all players in today's Rugby Final!

Moyne Track and Field

We thoroughly enjoyed a selection of sprints, middle distance and ball-throwing events in Moyne. We had great fun and enjoyed cheering on our fellow classmates.

New rugby jerseys

Liam and Mary Campion presenting a wonderful new set of Canterbury rugby jerseys to the children of Rahealty National School. We sincerely thank Liam and Mary for their generosity and support. The jerseys look superb and we cannot wait to put them to use during our upcoming rugby finals on 10th of May.

Mental health and wellbeing talk

There is a mental health and wellbeing talk being held in the Horse and Jockey hotel on Thursday 3rd of May at 7.30pm. This may be of interest to parents.

Bake Sale

Well done the girls from 5th and 6th class who organised and ran a very successful Bake Sale in the school today. Many thanks to our fantastic parents for baking and sending in lots of cakes and treats. We were overwhelmed by the huge support. They raised €310 which will be put towards reducing the cost of the school tour. Go raibh míle maith agaibh.

RSA Talk

On Monday we had Catherine in to talk to each class in the school on behalf of the Road Safety Authority. This was a Green School initiative which was set out by the committee at the start of the year as we have been working towards our Travel Green Flag for the past two years.Catherine tackled all elements of road safety while tailoring her presentation to each age group. She discussed how to be safe when walking, cycling, travelling by public transport, being a passenger, urban rural transport issues and the practicing of safe road behaviour in general.We were very fortunate to get Catherine as a speaker and will put all we learned into practice on our roads.

Pottery

Pottery workshops have recommenced with Finn. This week we created some fantastic wacky frogs. Don't they look great? We look forward to exploring new creations next week.

Terrific Past Pupils

Best of luck to past pupils Aoife Maher, Lauren McCormack and Marie Creedon who are representing Presentation Secondary School Thurles in their All Ireland Final. It is no surprise to see the girls excelling and we are very proud of their achievements.

​Easter Raffle

Well done to our winners in our annual Easter Raffle. Also a big thanks to those who sponsored the beautiful hampers and eggs which were raffled.

Lá Fhéile Pádraig

KILKENNY PEACE PROMS RESCHEDULED

Due to extreme weather conditions for the safety of all concerned, Kilkenny Peace Proms has been rescheduled. It will now take place on Sunday 18th March at 2pm.

World Book Day ~ 1st March

Today we celebrate World Book Day! Make sure to pick up a book and read it when you're taking a break from the snow!

WEATHER WARNINGDue to the red weather warning currently in place,​Rahealty will remainclosed until Monday 5th March 2018. Stay safe everyone.

Friendship Week

This week we held Friendship Week in our school. It was a marvellous success. Well done to all children who participated in the numerous activities integrated into the curriculum throughout the week. Today during our assembly each class displayed their special talents to the school in the form of artwork, poetry and songs.

The Junior and Senior Infants recited a poem "Let's Keep Our Friend From Feeling Sad". They spoke about all the fun activities they did in class during the week including a friendship quiz. They then finished with the song "You've Got a Friend in Me". Have a look at their beautiful Friendship Flower below.

First and Second class entertained the audience with the poem "I Can be a Pal" . They all had a secret friend for the week who they were extra kind to. These secret friends were only revealed at the end of the week

I Can be a PalBy: Kristen SmithI can be a pal by smiling at you.I can be a pal when you feel blue.I can be a pal who is honest and kind.I can be a pal when you're in a bind.I can be a pal by saying please and thank you.I can be a pal when no one wants to.I can be a pal every single day.I can be your pal, what do you say?

Third and Fourth Class wrote poems and made friendship posters with slogans on them. They created a friendship tree and chain. At the assembly they sang "You Can Count On Me" by Bruno Mars.

Fifth and Sixth class had a beautiful friendship collage on display at the assembly. They highlighted the fact that the poster wasn't perfect and that sometimes friendships aren't perfect and need to be worked on. Reviewing different ways to resolve these little fights or conflicts we have with friends can help us learn important life skills. Visit the Fifth and Sixth class page to find out more of the enjoyable activities they took part in.

We plan on using everything we learned during Friendship Week all year round!

Soccer Yard League

Following the success of our hurling yard league before Christmas, our soccer yard league for 3rd-6th class is now up and running. It is great to see all children taking part to improve their skills.

Past pupils shining bright!

Well done to past pupils Tony Galvin, Liam McCormack, Jack Kelly and Henry Fogarty on their recent successes with Peake Villa. Liam and Tony helped the U15 team to progress to the quarter final of the SFAI U15 Skechers National Cup. All four boys are members of the U17 squad who are through to the quarter finals of the FAI U17 Challenge Cup. We wish the boys every success in the rest of the competition.

Happy Pancake Tuesday!

Many thanks to the Parents' Association for the delicious pancakes.

Literacy is the key to success in life and we are passionate about giving children a flying start to becoming independent, confident, life-long readers. Below are some suggestions on how you can help your child become a happy and confident reader.

Be a role model and let your child see you reading – a newspaper, a book, a magazine.

Talk to your child about the joy of reading.

Read together every day. Make it an enjoyable activity.

Read to your child with humour and expression. Use different voices.

Be interactive. Discuss what is happening in the book, ask questions about the story, point out objects and words on the page.

Know when to stop. Put the book away when your child loses interest. Choose a different book or come back to it later.

Read it again and again. Young children especially love repetition so go ahead and read your child’s favourite book for the 100th time!!

Join the local library and visit it regularly.

Give everything a name. Build your child’s vocabulary by talking about interesting words and objects and discussing words in the reading and in the environment around you.

Point out print everywhere. Talk about written words you see in the world around you. Find new words on each outing.

In the evening time, turn off the TV and all interactive devices and let your child ‘get lost’ in a book

"There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world.Love of books is the best of all."

School Photographs - 5th February 2018

Nollaig Shona Daoibh go léir agus Athbhliain Faoi Mhaise Daoibh.

A veryHappy Christmas to you all and best wishes for 2018.

SANTA!!!!​

We were extremely lucky to get a special visitor to the school today!!! The main man himself - Santa!!! Santa gave every girl and boy in the school a selection box. Each class took a well earned break after their wonderful performances yesterday and watched a movie. They munched on popcorn and jellies thanks to the Parents' Council.

A Tour of the Halla decorated for Christmas...

Christmas Concert ​

We are very excited to invite you to our Christmas Concert which is on the 20th December. We have a Matinee show at 11.00 am and an evening performance at 7.30 pm. The line up is as follows:

Junior and Senior Infants: Ralph the Reindeer1st and 2nd Class: Christmas with the Aliens3rd and 4th Class: Santa's on Strike 5th and 6th Class: The Dwarf Factor

The stage is ready and we look forward to seeing you all there! ​

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Teacher of the Week

Congratulations to Ms. Everard who was awarded "Teacher of the Week" in November. Ms Everard was nominated by Erin Connolly. Third and Fourth class were delighted to have Lorraine in from Tipp Fm to present Ms Everard with the award. Lots of the children got to speak on the radio and they even got a night off homework thanks to Lorraine!

Our Location.

Note from the Principal: Welcome to Rahealty National School, we hope you enjoy our recently updated website.The purpose of the site is to give our visitors a feel for the various activities the children are involved in throughout the year.We hope all our families find their visits to the website both enjoyable and informative.Edel KellyPrincipal